Breakdown of Är ditt hemland ett fritt och kreativt samhälle?
vara
to be
ett
a, an (neuter)
och
and
din
your (singular; din/ditt/dina)
samhället
the society
hemlandet
the home country
fri
free (liberated, unrestricted)
kreativ
creative
Questions & Answers about Är ditt hemland ett fritt och kreativt samhälle?
Why is the word for free spelled fritt with two T's here?
The base adjective is fri. Because it ends in a stressed vowel, we must add -tt instead of just -t to make it match the neuter noun samhälle. This double consonant also tells you that the vowel sound changes: fri has a long vowel sound, while fritt has a short one.
Why does kreativt only get one T when fritt gets two?
Kreativ ends in a consonant, so it just takes the standard single -t to match a neuter noun. The -tt rule only applies to adjectives that end in a stressed vowel, like fri or ny (new, which becomes nytt).
Wait, do the adjectives fritt and kreativt describe hemland or samhälle?
They describe samhälle (society). The sentence structure is 'Is your home country [a free and creative society]?' Because samhälle is an ett word, both adjectives get a neuter ending. Luckily, hemland is also an ett word, so the adjectives would take the same form either way!
I see ditt instead of din. Is that because of hemland?
Exactly. Hemland is a compound word made of hem and land. The gender of a compound noun always comes from its final part. Since it is ett land, the possessive word for 'your' must be the neuter form ditt.
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